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EP 3101135 A1 20161207 - METHOD OF CONFERRING RESISTANCE AGAINST A FUSARIUM PLANT DISEASE

Title (en)

METHOD OF CONFERRING RESISTANCE AGAINST A FUSARIUM PLANT DISEASE

Title (de)

VERFAHREN ZUR VERMITTLUNG VON RESISTENZ GEGENÜBER EINER FUSARIUM-PFLANZENKRANKHEIT

Title (fr)

PROCÉDÉ PERMETTANT DE CONFÉRER UNE RÉSISTANCE CONTRE UNE MALADIE DE PLANTE DE FUSARIUM

Publication

EP 3101135 A1 20161207 (EN)

Application

EP 15170150 A 20150601

Priority

EP 15170150 A 20150601

Abstract (en)

The invention relates to a method of conferring to a plant resistance against a plant disease caused by a Fusarium species, to a transgenic Fusarium -resistant plant, to a double-stranded RNA and a composition comprising same. Object of the invention is the provision of means for reducing susceptibility of food crops, in particular cereals, to fungal attack. For this purpose, the present invention provides in one aspect a method of conferring to a plant resistance against a plant disease caused by a Fusarium species, the method comprising genetically engineering the plant in a manner to enable host-induced gene silencing of a Fusarium gene encoding CSX1 having or comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 or of a Fusarium gene encoding a protein sharing at least 55%, 60%, 65%, 70%, 75%, 80%, 85%, 90%, 95%, 96%, 97%, 98% or 99% sequence identity with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2.

IPC 8 full level

C12N 15/82 (2006.01); A01H 5/10 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

C07K 14/415 (2013.01); C12N 15/8218 (2013.01); C12N 15/8282 (2013.01); C12N 2310/14 (2013.01); C12N 2310/141 (2013.01)

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Citation (search report)

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  • [A] DATABASE UniProt [online] 13 June 2012 (2012-06-13), "SubName: Full=Uncharacterized protein {ECO:0000313|EMBL:ESU11743.1}; NFIKGVFLSS AHENVNVKVI RDKNSGNAGY CFVEFQSPEA ATKALNMNGS QVPNSSRSFK", XP002745661, retrieved from EBI accession no. UNIPROT:I1RNZ0 Database accession no. I1RNZ0
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Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

BA ME

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 3101135 A1 20161207; WO 2016193214 A1 20161208

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 15170150 A 20150601; EP 2016062167 W 20160530